would sell
Aire
any
land to the
Eastward of my
Lot. He said that
they would not, - and this decided me to reclaim.
" also think that the formation
of the Praya at the present time will be injurious to other property besides Marine Lots, more especially
to such as lies to the southward
of the Queen's Road, and adjoins it, as, from the opening of another thoroughfare facing the
sea, the holders and residents
will be deprived of great
advantage they at present possess of being situated on the Queen's Road. Any one landing
would have immediate access,
for general purposes of business,
to the stores on the North side
of the Queen's Road, which would
be a great injury to the holders
of property on the south side
of the Road. At present any
one landing at a public wharf must go down the Queen's Road in order
to gain access to the buildings
on the North side of it. This would
be injurious to general business on the south side of the Road, and tend to depreciate rents there.
I have no further observations to make.
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6. Andrew Shortrede, being examined, said:
I am the Proprietor and Editor of "The China Mail". I have been resident in this Colony from eleven to twelve years. I hold an Inland Lot, I believe it is No. 116. I am not a Marine Lot Holder. I was not present at either of the Meetings of the Marine Lot Holders, convened